brownrigg@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (03/13/91)
I keep seeing posts of people suggesting that the SGI c compiler is ANSI complient. I must be missing something here, because the version we have on our new 4D/25 (and any other version for that matter) is so fornicating K&R that it doesn't understand "void *" as a data type. What gives? Rick Brownrigg Kansas Geological Survey
davea@quasar.wpd.sgi.com (David B.Anderson) (03/14/91)
In article <29042.27dd4bf4@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> brownrigg@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: >I keep seeing posts of people suggesting that the SGI c compiler is >ANSI complient. I must be missing something here, because the version >we have on our new 4D/25 (and any other version for that matter) is so >[<censored :-)>] K&R that it doesn't understand "void *" as a data type. Best guess: you are still running release 3.2. Release 3.3 cc understands void, void *. ANSI C was first released this year (for use with release 3.3). Regards, [ David B. Anderson Silicon Graphics (415)335-1548 davea@sgi.com ] [``What can go wrong?'' --Calvin to Hobbes]
russell@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Russell J Fulton;ccc032u) (03/15/91)
davea@quasar.wpd.sgi.com (David B.Anderson) writes: >In article <29042.27dd4bf4@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> brownrigg@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: >>I keep seeing posts of people suggesting that the SGI c compiler is >>ANSI complient. I must be missing something here, because the version >>we have on our new 4D/25 (and any other version for that matter) is so >>[<censored :-)>] K&R that it doesn't understand "void *" as a data type. >Best guess: you are still running release 3.2. >Release 3.3 cc understands void, void *. ANSI C was first released >this year (for use with release 3.3). Yes 3.3 has void and can handle prototypes but is still not a full ANSI C compiler. If I remember correctly the man pages explcitly say it isn't. >Regards, >[ David B. Anderson Silicon Graphics (415)335-1548 davea@sgi.com ] >[``What can go wrong?'' --Calvin to Hobbes] Cheers, -- Russell Fulton, Computer Center, University of Auckland, New Zealand. <rj_fulton@aukuni.ac.nz>